Mark Gray

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Trying to remember the last act of unselfish pro-social action I saw. And I can't recall one.

#Britain, you've become a petty shallow mess. Nice flags though...

Make all countries' *receipt* of secret information the act that triggers a charge and we stop this pussyfooting around and stop avoiding having to say what we all know, which is that China hoovers up intelligence.

FIRS can still work in that regime, so can NSIA, so can all the rest of the legislation because the transactions in scope are defined, not the nation. The fact China isn't in the enhanced tier for FIRS is only a sign you didn't need tiers in the first place.

Decouple the act from the threat. If I pass information marked secret to China, the US or Peru I ought to go to jail, whatever our sotto voce 'threat assessment' says. If I pass non-secret (for example public domain) information to China, US or Peru I ought not to be charged. What's so difficult?

Threat assessment of China led to spy case collapse, says CPS The dropping of charges against two men last month prompted criticism from some ministers and MPs.

Absurd. Update the National Security Act 2023 with a new definition of the crime of espionage as 'activity involving the passing of secret information by any individual to any foreign power'.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Keir Starmer asks students not to join protests on 7 October The prime minister says it is "un-British" to hold pro-Palestinian protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's attacks on Israel.

How on earth can protesting be 'un-British'? What, for goodness sake, does that even mean? The man's taken leave of his senses. He's aiming to alienate everyone.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

The rape of the #countryside around #Wokingham continues as councils pursue the all too obvious plan of creating a massive Wokingham - #Bracknell conurbation. Horrid.

The most unnerving thing found lying about in my bathroom this morning...

What proportion of #ICE 'agents'(if they are indeed ICE and not #ProudBoys masked up) are female in these videos? Pretty much zero? #ToxicMasculinity field trip.

If #Lemsip made #icecream. @benandjerrys.bsky.social, this is a big thumbs down.

'May I introduce you to General Stauffenberg?'

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Screaming child on my train - high pitched, high volume - and the parents are making zero effort to stop it. I sense they don't know how...

All people normally hear from politicians are promises, 'commitments' (if I could wave my wand, anyone saying 'We are committed to...' would automatically disappear into the ether) and talking points.

*Doing* needs to win back ground from *griping* (a la Farage) - so...*do*! An orgy of *doing*!

The number of suggestions following in the comments on this show that @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com is absolutely on the money (excuse the pun) here. Small is beautiful - and, given #Starmer finds it difficult to do *anything* without annoying lots of people he can't afford to upset, sensible.

Certifiably insane. We all have to buy US chairs now?

Look, I know he'll back down, forget, change it to 'tariffs on Sweden only' or go off on another mad 'invade X!' rant, but #America, you gave us this idiot. It's your job to get rid of him.

Europe win Ryder Cup after sensational tussle with US at Bethpage, New York Captain Luke Donald cements his status as a bona fide Ryder Cup legend as Europe hold off a spirited US fightback to win in New York.

Well done the European team. Winning the #RyderCup despite the unsporting catcalls, shouting, hectoring noise from boisterous #MAGA -lite #US 'fans' is well deserved. Decency won.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...

This ridiculous 'hey' thing as a greeting is now in almost every UK TV programme.

Can we be clear - hay is cut dried animal food. It is not a way of saying hello.

After 14 long years of corrupt, headline-focused, anti-liberal policy ftom the #Tory party I wished #Labour well. But what's their programme? All fathers to be toolmakers?

I don't get it: how can you be in opposition for 14 years and have nothing but knee-jerk policy? How?

Reading 'Sketches by Boz' again for the first time in years and finding #CharlesDickens is an insufferable pr**k. He scoffs at everyone, the pathetic little twerp. Creations based on real people, invented to make that pipsqueak look good. Yes, by gum he can write - but he's still a stuck up pr**k.

Watching #TheChelseaDetective: 'There's a pub where deaf people hangout...'.

What, all of us?

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Mr #Starmer, what do you stand for?

Please tell me, because all I am getting is,

1. votes of ageing hate-fuelled curmudgeons

2. something unbelievably vague about growth and 'leading' stuff internationally

3. nice hair.

*That's* what comes across.

Just scrolling here and seeing #Trump madness in detentions, indictments against people he doesn't like, purges, threats of sackings of people who don't like him and even changes to import rules to stop products he doesn't like.

#Trump, you're insane.

List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia

These are just some of the dates predicted for the ending of the world, the Second Coming or #Rapture.

You'd think they'd learn, wouldn't you?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

The War Lords - 3. Winston Churchill Series in which historian AJP Taylor describes the careers of the 'war lords' who dominated WWII. In this episode, he examines the role of Winston Churchill.

Reliving my teenage years and watching #AJPTaylor 's 'prepared but extemporary' TV lectures. For years I thought this was miraculous rather than a party trick. Still, it was the mode by which I revised my A Levels: genuinely extemporary lectures to myself!

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p009bhtp

Pauline Boty: I Am the Sixties The first TV documentary about pop art sensation Pauline Boty, tracking the artist’s original contribution to British art, her feminism and her unique take on the celebrity culture of the 1960s.

Watching this rather good documentary about #PaulineBoty. Sixties #popart isn't really for me, but I've always thought of Boty as the cleverest, most original of artists.
Such a loss for British art.

Pauline Boty: I Am the Sixties: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028nyw via @bbciplayer

How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt European election - BBC investigation An undercover reporter discovers a network is offering to pay for social media posts undermining Moldova’s ruling party.

#MI6, let's stop 'turning the other cheek' and start to 'do unto others as they would do unto you'. Let's use all means to disrupt this criminal state - from disinformation to cyberattacks, infrastructure disruption to jamming, traps to extortion, rumours to plants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heathrow cyber-attack: Delays after airport check-in system hit Travellers report multi-hour waits for some airlines as disruption also hits Brussels and Berlin.

Look, it'll be #Russia - directly or indirectly via paid hackers - doing this so can we, for once, retaliate and snuff out their own systems? Just for once take the gloves off.

BBC News - Heathrow cyber-attack: Delays after airport check-in system hit - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ed Davey loves clowning around, but is it time the Lib Dems get serious? As they gather in Bournemouth for their annual conference, Laura Kuenssberg considers what next for the Lib Dems.

#BBCNews, I know La #Kuenssberg has the hots for conservatism, but this is deeply unfair, childish and warped journalism. Check your values.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Strangely, two things can simultaneously be true. Like that the murder of #CharlieKirk was heinous, awful and tragic, and that Kirk was a warped, racist bigot with a taste for inciting hate for kicks.

What matters is BOTH of these truths.

Elitist Britain 2025 - The Sutton Trust Landmark research on the educational backgrounds of Britain's most powerful people.

When reading this excellent #SuttonTrust report, be aware of misplaced inference. The fact that a higher than average proportion of top jobs are held by #Oxbridge graduates doesn't mean Oxbridge graduates invariably do those jobs. Lots serve in other ways too.

www.suttontrust.com/our-research...